ELCA Wolves Blog

The following is a response by ELCA pastor John Sipf of Peoria, Illinois, to my tweet replying to another ELCA pastor. We were discussing this blogabout an ELCA pastor giving the camera the finger and his rant against America.

Oh, Danny boy... unlike *ahem* "some" not everyone masterbates to their hatred of the ELCA.

The wide way: once you've invoked your "right" to arrogate your own world-pleasing opinions over the Bible's clear teachings, created a new "Jesus," and obeisantly adopted Planned Parenthood's and the Democrat Party's talking points as your "gospel," you've just established yourself as an ELCA "pastor" in the denomination's mainstream.

". . . I want to write this as a warning. First, to those orthodox souls who remain in 'evolving' churches. They belong to and support churches that increasingly depart from right teaching. Indeed, those churches suppress it. And it will get worse in the future. Today’s United Lutheran Seminary seminarians will be tomorrow’s pastors. Remember Timothy: 'For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear”'(2 Tim. 4:3) Second, I want to alert those churches that have not 'evolved' to the dangers of doing just that. Once orthodoxy is breached on these issues, the process won’t stop there. It will lead to sharper denials of the apostolic faith. The revolution will eat its own children. There really is a slippery slope."

Interestingly, within the Old Testament Era false prophets were honored for their lies and deceptions on spirituality (faith) while God's faithful prophers, who would preach "Thus says the Lord" were mocked and rejects by the people both in the Temple and government. They prefer worshipping Baal (self) insread of the one true God of Sacred Scripture.